Burkina Faso has awarded an industrial mining licence to Russian mining company Nordgold for the Niou gold deposit in the Kourweogo province of the country, reported Reuters. The licence aims to ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso did not award a mining permit to Nordgold because it is a Russian company, its mines minister told Reuters on Sunday, rebuffing Western concerns that the ...

This strategic move, finalised via a recent decree, is part of a broader initiative to increase the nation's control over its ...

April 25 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on ...

Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country’s state-owned miner, according to a decree ...

Foreign companies, however, continue to dominate the gold mining industry in Burkina Faso. One Russian company, a U.S.-sanctioned Nordgold, operates at least four large mines. Nordgold provides ...

TASS/. Burkina Faso may provide tax breaks or other incentives for Russian gold mining company Nordgold amid new restrictions placed on foreign companies in the latest version of the country’s ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices ...

CAPE TOWN — Burkina Faso did not award a mining permit to Nordgold because it is a Russian company, its mines minister told Reuters on Sunday, rebuffing Western concerns that the ruling junta is ...